Dalziel and Dalgleish gear up for Daytona challenges

Scots race aces Ryan Dalziel and Robbie Dalgleish are both heading to Daytona in Florida this weekend to take on separate challenges. Our weekly round-up also looks ahead to the Monte Carlo Classic Rally and reports on Ashleigh Morris's latest exploits at Brands Hatch.

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TRIPLE crown-winning Robbie Dalgleish has a dream drive this weekend as he lines up in a factory-backed BMW M4 GT4 at the Daytona track in Florida.

After scooping the Scottish and UK Mini Cooper titles in 2019, Robbie won the Sunoco 240 Challenge – and his prize is a seat in the BMW alongside fellow Scot Stevan McAleer.

The Scots pair will share the car in the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge four-hour race and Robbie has already completed testing at the track ahead of this weekend. He said: “This is a huge opportunity and I can’t wait to get on track in the BMW, which has a proven record at Daytona.”

Another Scottish racer looking forward to the Florida race weekend is Ryan Dalziel. The Glasgow driver is competing in his Oreca in the Rolex 24-hour event in the LMP2 class.

He has a new race helmet design in honour of his niece, who recently underwent surgery in Scotland for Rett Syndrome. Ryan said: “The new helmet looks great and my niece is amazing and an inspiration for me to go out and win.”

If a 24-hour race sounds gruelling, spare a thought for the crews gathering in Glasgow next Wednesday for the start of the Rallye Monte Carlo Historique – also known as the Monte Carlo Classic Rally.

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The teams have a 1500-mile drive to the south of France before they meet up with other competitors for 15 stages. By the end of the rally, they will have driven for eight days. The Rallye Monte Carlo Historique sees the cars head off from the start ramp at 7pm outside the City Chambers in George Square.

The classic rally drivers will be hoping for better luck than Ashleigh Morris endured at Brands Hatch in the MSN Circuit Rally Championship last weekend. Ashleigh was lying third in class going into stage 7 and confident of another strong finish.

During the stage, Ashleigh’s Ford Fiesta R200 hit a very slippery patch of Tarmac and spun.

Ashleigh Morris's damaged Fiesta at Brands Hatch

The rear wheel collided with a kerb and caused too much damage to the suspension for the car to continue. A disappointed Ashleigh said: “We had an amazing start to the day and were running as high as 15th overall. Then it stopped going to plan.

“It was my mistake and co-driver Jamie Mactavish was doing as great a job as ever, so it was really unfortunate to spin at that section and have our first retirement of the season. Hopefully, an ice driving session in Finland will help before the next round at Cadwell Park next weekend.”

There’s good news for the Scottish Motor Racing Club’s Jackie Spencer, who has won the Motorsport UK Volunteer of the Year Award in the Marshals category.

Jackie is one of the unsung heroes of motorsport in Scotland as she spends weekends in race control at Knockhill helping the drivers to sign on and organising events.